This meets Technical Grade lithium concentrate specifications, which command a premium over Chemical Grade products due to their low impurities

Technical Grade (TG) lithium mineral concentrates are priced at 70-80% of the 99.5% lithium carbonate (40% Li2O) equivalent (LCE) price. At a long-term average forecast price of US$10,000/t LCE this equates to US$750-800 per tonne of 4.4%Li2O petalite delivered to the customer

This compares with Chemical Grade (CG), lithium mineral concentrates, with higher iron and other impurities, which are generally sold for further processing and purification to lithium carbonate at a discount to Technical Grade

Battery-grade lithium carbonate/hydroxide produced using conventional, commercially-proven “off-the-shelf” technologies, from testwork at Anzaplan in Germany